Parking Spots
Parking Spots overview
Learn how Parking Spots helps your team track where every vehicle is located in your facility.
Use the Parking Spots page when your team needs a clear answer to one important question:
Where is each car right now?
Parking Spots connects your physical building to your records in Car Storage Software. When the map is up to date, staff can find cars faster, avoid double-booking a spot, and see which areas of the facility still have room.
What you can do from Parking Spots
- Create named spots such as A1, A2, Front Row 3, or Lift 1.
- Group flexible areas into zones, such as Main Storage, Outdoor Lot, or Service Area.
- Assign a vehicle to a spot or move it when the physical car moves.
- Reserve a spot for a customer or car before the vehicle arrives.
- Search the map or switch to table view when you need to find a spot quickly.
- Open the parking report to review which cars occupied which spaces during a date range.
Start with the right guide
- Set up the facility layout first
If this is a new workspace, start with Set up parking spots and zones. This creates the spot names and map layout your team will use later.
- Assign cars as they enter storage
Use Assign a parking spot when a car arrives, moves to another spot, or needs its record corrected.
- Find the right spot before you change anything
Use Find parking spots and available spaces when the facility is busy and you need to search by spot name, car, customer, plate, or status.
- Reserve space before the car arrives
Use Reserve a parking spot when a customer has an approved spot but the vehicle is not physically parked there yet.
- Review history and occupancy
Use Review the parking report when you need a date-based list of parking activity for operations, billing review, or an internal audit.
Map view and table view
The Parking Spots page has two useful views:
Map view shows the floor plan. Use it when you want to understand the facility visually or click a spot on the map.
Table view shows rows and columns. Use it when you want to sort, scan many spots, or use bulk actions.
To switch views, open the filter/view controls near the top of the Parking Spots page, then choose Map or Table.
Helpful terms
Parking spot means one exact place where a vehicle can be assigned.
Zone means a larger area that can hold cars without choosing an exact numbered spot.
Lift spot means a stacked parking space. One lift position can hold more than one vehicle, such as ground level and upper level.
Reservation means a spot is held for a customer or car, but the car may not physically be there yet.
Present means the car is physically parked in that spot now.
Keep the map trustworthy
The map is most useful when your staff updates it at the same time they move the car in the real facility.
- Update the record right after a car is parked or moved.
- Use clear spot names that match signs, floor labels, or your team's normal language.
- Use zones for flexible areas where cars move around often.
- Review the parking report regularly to catch stale or missing assignments.